Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-23
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention

Brief Mention.
 The best printing done at Dorman's.
 Rents collected promptly at H. P. Hoadley's s
 The night blooming cereus with blossoms has arrived
 The Samson mine is now reported to b. making money rapidly.
 Harper's for August is received and fol sale at T. H. Pease & Sons.
 Paul Roessler has removed his store from 71 Church street to 816 Chapel street.
 Bridgeport is awakening afresh to the sub ject of organizing tribe of Red Men.
 MT. B. R. Merwin and Lieut.. Grannis sailed from Europe to return home yesterday.
 A good team horse died at the wire mill works Thursday of collie. It belonged to the wire mill company.
 Detective Reilly yesterday arrested two Hill street women, Mary Reilly and Nettie Bronson, for relieving an Italian admirer of $1O.
 Mir. and Mrs. H. H. Bunnell sail for Europe August 18th on the City of Chicago to remain abroad from six weeks to two months.
 MT. Moulthrop, cashier of the First Nation al bank, is convalescent after malarial at tack and has gone to the Catskills for week to recuperate.
 The late Eliza Danforth, who died in Brooklyn few days since, left $2, 900 to the Hartford hospital. Her estate inventoried about $25, 1000.
 John Barton, jr., of this city, agent for the Wallace & Sons silver plate works of Wal lingford, has gone on business trip to Hali- fax, Nova Scotia.
 The engagement is announced of Miss Lizzie Wilcox of New Haven and MT. Walter Badger of Boston, graduate of Yale '81, the wedding to occur in October.
 The German Baptists of Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury and Seymour will hold their second annual union picnic at High Rock Grove, Wednesday Aug. Sd; if stormy, Friday, Aug. 9th.
 Samuel H. Colt, for many years prOmi- nent merchant of Chester, Ct., died on Tues day at Stamford, where he has resided for more than year past. The interment was in Chester yesterday.
 Senator R. Jay Walsh, of the Twelfth dis trict, has returned to Greenwich from Narra- gansett Pier, R. l., where with Judges Hovey and Fenn he has been preparing the Connee- ticut statutes for the public printer.
 MT. Starbuck says he has captured the majority of the stock of the Shepaug road and he rather thinks that gives him the con- trol. He also says he expects to change the directorship of the Derby before many days MT. David Mitchell, the popular news dealer, has been confined to his residence on Wooster street for some time past by indis- position resulting from carbuncle on the back of his neck. Dr. Bissen is attending him.
 MT. Frank B. Gay, librarian at the Wat kinson library, Hartford, will leave Saturday for trip across the continent by way of the Canadian Pacific road. He will join MT. For est Morgan, of the Travellers Record at Mon treal, Monday, and they will make the jour ney together from that point. On the way out they will visit Minneapolis.
 William D. Howells is settled for the sum- mer in picturesque cottage on the western shore of lake George, which was recently occupied by Edmund Kirke, who has done much literary work there, as did his father in-1aw, Judge Edmonds, before him. Ed- mund Kirke much enjoyed his stay in this city last winter and rumor says will return here late in the fall.